Tornado Warning 16, NWS Lake Charles, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
554 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG SABINE RIVER ABOUT TO ENTER SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA...

AT 530 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN NEAR ORANGE TEXAS AND
SABINE PASS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN WESTERN CALCASIEU
AND WESTERN CAMERON PARISHES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY
WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME
HAIL.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF LOUISIANA
AND PARTS OF EAST TEXAS. THIS AREA WAS SHOWN WEST OF A LINE FROM WHITE
LAKE TO BATON ROUGE TO JENA LOUISIANA...AND SPREAD AS FAR WEST AS A
BEAUMONT TEXAS...LAKE LIVINGSTON TEXAS LINE.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SHOWN IN THE
COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN WHITE LAKE AND GALVESTON TEXAS...AND EXTENDED
TO 80 MILES OFFSHORE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
650 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BEAUREGARD
PARISH UNTIL 700 PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING...
...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER WESTERN LOUISIANA...

AT 630 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN FROM 70 MILES
OFFSHORE NORTHWARD TO BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND TEXAS AND CAMERON...THROUGH
LAKE CHARLES TO BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND ALEXANDRIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDER
STORMS WERE DETECTED FROM NORTHWEST OF DEQUINCY THROUGH WESTERN
CALCASIEU AND CAMERON PARISHES TO THE COASTAL WATERS JUST SOUTH OF
CAMERON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AVOID THREATENING
WEATHER...AND RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE
TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHERL SERVICE.
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SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO EAST TEXAS FROM
BEAUMONT TO CONROE NORTHWARD TO WELL NORTH OF LUFKIN.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
700PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

   ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST AND EAST
TEXAS THIS EVENING.  HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED IN THE ORANGE/BRIDGE
CITY AREA EARLIER THIS EVENING.  NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN THE BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE METROPOLITAN AREA SO FAR
THIS EVENING.

ONE INCH OF RAIN WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF
NACOGDOCHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RESULTED IN A
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN HIGH ISLAND AND
SABINE PASS UNTIL 900 PM CST TONIGHT.

THE WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT AT 632 PM
AS THE SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE MAINTAINED SPEED OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON.  THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND FOR MOST OF MONDAY BEFORE TJHE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
GOLDEN TRIANGLE AND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL BRING IN THE DRY COOL NORTHWEST WINDS AND
LOWER OUR TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
743 PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS SUNDAY
EVENING...

AT 730 PM...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS SHOWN FROM NORTH OF
CAMERON...THROUGH LAKE CHARLES...TO DEQUINCY AND DERIDDER. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REACHED 49 MILES AN HOUR AT THE LAKE CHARLES
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING THUNDERSTORMS. AVOID USING
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. RELAY
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER OR WEATHER RELATED DAMAGE TO YOUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWN ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF CAMERON TO ALEXANDRIA TO MONROE. THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS BECAME SCATTERED IN EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
800PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH 545 UNTIL 200AM CST IN THE LAKES AREA...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...BUT THE EAST TEXAS
LAKES AREA IS NOW UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY MORNING.

TORNADO WATCH 545 INCLUDES THE TEAST TEXAS COUNTIES OF NACOGDOCHES,
ANGELINA, NORTHERN JASPER, AND TYLER.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING
OR IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER
OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE LAKES AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

HERE IN GOLDEN TRIANGLE, HEAVY RAINS WERE REPO9RTED IN ORANGE AND
BRIDGE CITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
REGISTERED A WIND GUST TO 46 MPH AT 632 PM CST AND ONLY A TRACE OF
RAIN IN THE RAIN BUCKET

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX
800PM CST SUN NOV 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH 545 UNTIL 200AM CST IN THE LAKES AREA...

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS EXPIRED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...BUT THE EAST TEXAS
LAKES AREA IS NOW UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY MORNING.

TORNADO WATCH 545 INCLUDES THE EAST TEXAS COUNTIES OF NACOGDOCHES,
ANGELINA, SAN AUGUSTINE, SABINE, TYLER, AND NORTHERN JASPER.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING
OR IN THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER
OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE LAKES AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

HERE IN GOLJDEN TRIANGLE, HEAVY RAINS WERE REPORTED IN ORANGE AND
BRIDGE CITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
REGISTERED A WIND GUST TO 46 MPH AT 632 PM CST AND ONLY A TRACE OF
RAIN IN THE RAIN BUCKET